outlan



4 Shets-Sheet 1;

(No Model.)

IHOUTLAN. HEEL PARING MACHINE.

Patented Mar. 20,1883.

N. PETERS; mumm -m1. wamin m. v.1:

(No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet2. RGUTLAN.

HEEL PARING MACHINE. No. 274,109. I Patented Mar. 2(), 1 8 83.

Jim/ M v 4 Sneets-Sheet 3.

(No Model.) v

P. OUTLAN.

HEEL PARING MACHINE.

Patented Mar. 20,1883.

4 Sheets-Sheet 4.

(No Model I; GUTLAN.

HEEL PARING MAUHINE.

Patented Mar. 20,

ITDIETfEUY.

\X/ftr esses.

N. PETEDS Photo-WM, WIMM D. C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK CUTLAN, OF LEICESTER, COUNTY OF LEICESTER, ENGLAND.

HEEL-PARING MACHINE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,109, dated March 20, 1883.

Application filed January 15, 1883. (No model.)

To, all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK CUTLAN, of Leicester, in the county of Leicester, in the Kingdom of Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heel- Paring Machines, (for which I have received Letters Patent in Great Britain, No. 5,318, dated December 18,1880,) of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide simple, suitable, and effective mechanism for paring and burnishing the heels of boots or shoes 5 and in order that the same maybe better understood I have illustrated on the accompanying sheets of drawings the best method known to me of carrying it into practice.

Figure-1 is a front elevation Fig. 2, an end elevation Fig. 3, an enlarged plan, looking at the top, of machine driven by power. Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively an enlarged frontele- .vation and plan of arrangement for actuating the machine by hand. Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively an enlarged side elevation and plan of knife in tool-holder.

A is the main frame-work of the machine; B, the frame'carrying the knife-stock C, and bolted at one end to and capable of being-r0- tated with the pulley D, the end b being mounted or carried on the projecting boss b 0 of the frame-work A. The frame B is slotted,

as shown at b and 12 to receive the knifestock 0. This knife-stock C is provided with two spindles, c and c, on which are mounted the coiled springs c and 0 for retaining the stock in position during the paring and burnishing operations. ()n spindle 0 is also mounted the washer 0 carrying the runners 0 which a'rekept up the side of the frame B by means of the spring 0 At the same time 40 the pressure of the spring a retains the ends 5o contour of the heel, and may be mounted or c of the knife-stock C in contact with the adjustable and curved plate E during the partial rotation of the knife. The plate E is made of the form of the heel, and so curved as to allow the knife to accommodate itself to the varying thicknesses and angles of the heel, and may be adjusted by means of the screws and wheel-nuts 0, working between the lugs e. The knife F is curved to suit the carried on the loose frame f, hinged to the Patented in England December 18, 1880, No. 5,318.

knife-stock at f, as showufiand when the knife is paring the heel a portion of this frame is firmly pressed against the heel-plate ,by spring c so that as the knife passes round the heel it follows a path determined by the shape of the heel-plate, and at the same time the cutting-edge of the knife is at the proper angle to the heel;

In order to keep the knife down to its work,

and also insuring its following the configuration of the heel-plate, I provide the spindle tached at one end to the knifestock C and t the other end to an eccentric or cam, G, carried on theftop of the frame B, and working in suitable guides,g. On the spindle c is the coiled spring 0 This, when acted upon by the eccentric or cam G, throughslotted bars 9 and washer gflgfpresses inclined plate H onto the small runner h, attached to the knife-stock C, thereby keeping the knife in the required position. The eccentric or cam G and parts connected therewith are also employed for raising or; lifting the knife {and stock out of position. When preferred, afriction-wheel may be mounted in the end 0 of knife-stock C.

I is the heel-press, of ordinary construction, which forms a boot-tree upon which the boot or shoe is placed, and is hinged, as shown at 'i, to the shaft 1, which also serves as the axis of the pulley D. The heel-press I is hinged to the shaft 1, to allow of its being easily turned to place on or remove the boot or shoe.

J is the heel-plate,-of the same sectional area as the top piece of "the heel to be pared. This heel-plateJ is mounted on asliding bar, j, and slides in bearings formed in the frame A and through the boss b. When the machine is driven by power an intermittent reciprocating motion is imparted to the heel-plate through runner K, carried in bearings formed in the end of bar j from cam L, mounted on shaft M, to which a rotary motion is imparted, through spur-gearing an and driving-pulley m, from any convenient source. An intermittent rotary motion may be also imparted to the pulley D, by any convenient means, (not shown in the drawings,) for operating the knife. y

When motion is conveyed to the heel-plate J by hand I employ the arrangement shown at Figs. and 6. in this arrangement the end of bar j is attached by a pin to the cam or eccentric N, the said cam or eccentric having friction-rollers n on either side. These work in the case 0, attached to the framework A by means of the adjusting-screws 0, these screws 0 serving to regulate case 0 to bring heel-plate J to any required distance from heel-press I for different sizes of heels. To the cam or'eccentricN is attached the weighted lever n for actuating the heel-plate and bar.

The knife is brought'into operation by the frame B being pulled over by the attendant,

- and in order to bring the frame back to its normal positionI employ the pulley D, (to which the frame Bis bolted,)over which pass two belts, d and 01, attached respectively to the treadle d and weight d.

2 p terminatingin a spindle, 12*, attached to a treadle, 12 for actuating the knife I. The length of the spindle 12' is adjusted by means of the nt1tp ,'eiigagirig with screw formed on the spindle p forking the nut up or down regulates the distance the knife will travel.

Weight 19 is employed for bringing the knife hack to its normal position. The swinging frame 19 pivoted to angle-plate p, is employed for holding the heel in position prior to its being attached to the upper-leather of the boot or shoe.

The mode of operating the machine is as follows: The heel, having been previously built up to the required height, is placed upon the swinging frame 19 and the upper-leather of the boot having been placed upon the heel-' press I, (nails having previously been placed in the recesses formed therein,) it is firmly held in position byhooked band Q. This band is released, when required, by lever q. The heel is then attached to the upper-leather of the boot or shoe by being pressed against the heel-press I by the heel-plate J, the sliding motion being imparted to the heel-plate J from cam or eccentric L or N. The heel-press l is so arranged, on the heel coming in contact with it, that it recedes a sufficient distance to allow the nails to pass out of the recesses,

through and level with the insole, into the heel, which is then fixed in position. and is held firmly between the heel-press and plate during the paring and breasting operations. The frame B, carrying the knife, having been placed in a horizontal position and adjusted to the work by cam G, is brought quickly round the heel by the attendant during the partial rotation. The endc of the knife-stock presses against the plate E, and by the shape and position of the plate E determines the degree and kind of lateral motion to be given to the knife in its path round the heel. Theheel having been pared and the frame B returned to its normal position by means of thetreadle d and weight 01 the breasting operation then takes place, after which the heel is ready for burnishing.

For burnishing the heel I em ploya burnishing-tool in place of the knife and operate the machine as hereinbefore described.

The present invention is restricted to those matters and things hereinafter claimed, and as to all matters which may be described or shown, but which are not claimed, the rightis reserved to make the same the subject of a separate application.

I claim as my invention- .1. In aheel paring and burnishing machine, the combination of the frame-work B, carrying the knife-stockO,and bolted at one end to and revolving with the pulley D,while at the other end it is pivoted on a projecting boss, 1), substantially as specified.

2. In a heel paring and burnishing' machine, the combination of the revolving frame B, slots b and b therein, and knife-stock O.

3. In a heel paring and burnishing machine, the knife-stock (J, provided with two spindles, cc, and kept in position during the paring and burnishing by means of springsc 0 4. The combination of the knife-stock O, spindlec, spring 0 washer c, and runners with frame B.

5. The combination of the knife-stock O and spring 0 with the adjustable and curved plate E, for the purposes described.

6. In a heel-paring machine, the combination of the curved knife F, mounted on the loose framing f, hinged to the knife-stock O, and the means employed for keeping it down to its work, substantially as described.

7. The combination of the curved knife F and intermediate mechanism, substantially as described, with the plate E,curved like a heel and armed with adjusting screws and nuts 6, substantially as and for the purpose descri ed.

8-. The combination of the spindle c with theknife-stock O, and spring 0 with the eccentric G,substantially as and for the purposes described.

9. The combination otthe frameB and guides g, with slotted spindle-bar g, with eccentric G, for the purposes described.

10. The combination of the eccentric G, spindle a, spring 0 and inclined plate H,with knife stock 0. i

11. The combination ofthe sliding barj, runner K, cam L, and revolving shaft M, substantially as and for the purpose described.

12. Ina heel paring and burnishing machine, the combination of the barj, cam or eccentric N, friction-rollers a, case 0, and regulatingscrews 0, substantially as and for the purposes described and shown.

13. The apparatus for pulling the frame B back to its normal position after being pulled IIO , over, consisting in the pulley D,be1t d, treadle 16. The spindle 12, carrying rack p and lo 0?, and belt; 11, with weight 01 substantially as treadle 12 and adjusted as regards length by described. nut p and screw formed upon said spindle.

14.;The combination of the knife P, angle- 5 plate 10, rack 12', 'and spur-wheel p, as and for V FREDERICK OUTLAN.

the purposes described. I

15. The combination of the rack 10, spur- Witnesses: wheel 11 rack p andtreadle p as and for the JOHN J ULSON BURGESS, purposes described. ALFRED BROMWICH. 

